Improvement in hand seeders



B; W. HARRS. Hand-Seed'er.

No. 129,279. Patented my 1.6.1872.

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BARTON W. HARRIS, or WILLIAMsRoRT, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT I N HAND SEEDERS.

Specification describing a new and Im proved Seeder, invented by BARTONW. HARRIS, of Williamsport, iu the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio.

My invention comprises a long light trough with a strap or cord adaptedfor being suspended from the shoulders of the sower, and to be carriedby himthe bottom of the trough being divided in its lengthwise directioninto several short concave sections with a feed-hole at the bottom,covered bya curved oscillating gate with holes for the seed to fallthrough and projections for pushing away any objects too large to passthrough the holes in the bottom of the trough, which said gates swing onpivots and have arms extending above the pivots to a reciprocating barat the top ofthe trough, extending the whole length of it, and worked bya hand-lever at the center, all as hereinafter described.

Figure lis a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved seeder.Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line x x of Fig. l. Fig. 3is a transverse section taken'on the line y y. Fig. 4 is a section ofone of the gates, showing the peculiar construction of them.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the trough, B, the concave sections of the bottom; C, theseed-holes; D, the perforated gates; E, the reciprocating bar; F, thehand-lever for working the said bar; Gr,

' thelstrap for suspending the trough from the shoulders of the sower;and H partitions in the trough for separating the grain equally. Thegates are pivoted at I on aradius equal to j that of the curve of thesections B, and above Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.129,279, dated July 16, 1872.

said pivots they are connected to the reciprocating bar by stems K insuch manner as to be swung by it in the lengthwise direction of thetrough. The said gates have several holes through which the grain fallsto the concave bottoms to be carried along to the holes C and deliveredthrough them. Said gates, which swing a little above the bottoms B, alsohave projections a (see Fig. 4) on the under side, which brush away anyobjects too large to pass through said holes C. They are suspended fromthe pivots by small wires L, one to each end, which work in the graineasily, so that but little power is required to work them. The grainfalls down the concave bottoms naturally to the gates. The hand-lever,pivoted at the lower end to the bottom at the junction ofthe two middlesections, is shown at M, and the free end rises up infront of theoperator, where it is most convenient to work it by the hands, bein gconnected to the reciprocating bara short distance above the pivot.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentvl. The trough A with perforated concave bottomsections, the curved vibrating perforated gates D, reciprocating bar E,and handlever F, combined and arranged substantially as specified.

2. The said gates, provided with the projections a on the under side,substantially as specied.

Witnesses GEORGE W. HURsT, J. D. ANDREW.

BARTON WILLIAM IIARRIs.

